3000 Watch 12 Hour Jaycee Tractor Pull
An estimated 3000 spectators at the 4-H Center southeast of Mexico watched 125 plus entries in the Mexico Jaycee tractor pull. The event ran 3 p.m. to 3 a.m. with $1800 in prize money and trophies for first place. Winners span multiple weight classes and hail from Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, and beyond, including Brian Cripe Vandalia and Wendell Dingman Mexico among others.
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Mexico
Brian Cripe
Vandalia
Ken Cripe
Donald Huber
Troy
John Lay
Columbia
Dennis Schoby
California
Foreman Redding
Novelty
Robert Kollmeyer
Farmington
Mark Allen
Sweet Springs
Claude Woodward
Ursa
Ill
Sonny McKinnon
Pleasant Hill
Don Darst
Moberly
Dave Boughton
Houstonia
Jim McManama
Centralia
Tim Henry
Raymond Self
Bob Nichols
Middletown
Franklin Hurd
Perry
Bill Bibb
Cyrene
Larry Schwartz
Warrenton
Wendell Dingman
Darrell Matthews
Kenneth Neale
Thompson
Bill Johnson
Nettleton
Charlie Cobb
Montgomery City
Larry Geiseker
Martinsburg
Duane Matthews
David Ensor
Holliday
Rayburn Conner
Green City
Veil Stevens
Bethany
Grant Busby
Sprickard
Robert Kurk
Lewistown
Arthur Renth
Nashville
Dave Williams
Gary Reid
Hull, T
Harold Tenhouse
Quincy, Ill
AF. Yarick
Rich Hill
Bob Findlay
Albany
Vernon O'Dell
Richmond
Benny McKinnon
Rockport
Paul Nelson
Herb McKinnon
Ronnie Watkins
Henderson
Kentucky
Rusty Severe
McFall
Dick Findlay
Don Berry
David Wiss
Roger Rosenthal
Jim Jones
Danny Campbell
Mark Matthews
Israelis Nab Greek Archbishop
The Israeli government jailed Greek Catholic Archbishop Hilarion Capudji of Jerusalem on gun running charges for Arab terrorists. Police found a large quantity of weapons hidden in his Mercedes after a Aug. 7 search returning from Lebanon. He was held for 15 days as investigations continued.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
Jordan
Hilarion Capudji
Lebanon
al Fatah
West Bank
Israel
Beirut
Vatican
Capudji
East Jerusalem
Ramle
Jaffa
Lod
Hussein
Washington
U.S
Engineers Turn Down Pattonsburg Dam Project
The U S Army Corps of Engineers rejected building the Pattonsburg Dam on the Grand River as not economically feasible after a decade of study. Missouri highway officials will proceed with a $10 million low level bridge on Interstate 365 at Pattonsburg to improve access and complete an 8.5 mile section of I 35.
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Jefferson City, Mo
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Pattonsburg
Grand River
William R. Needham
Kansas City
Army Engineers
Army
State Highway Department
Layman Resigns Over Bishops Act in Protest
Syracuse AP report says Dr. Charles V. Willie resigns as vice president of the church’s House of Deputies and from the executive council in protest of the Episcopal decision to exclude women as priests. He calls the bishops’ action vain if not profane.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Charles V. Willie
Episcopal Church
Willie
House of Deputies
Executive Council
Four Killed In Storms To Westward
A weekend storm from Nebraska with hail and 100 mph winds swept Kansas and Missouri, killing four people. Blue Rapids Kansas and Stockton Missouri were hardest hit with extensive property, power, and agricultural damage. Damages included a $700,000 toll in Blue Rapids and a $50,000 hit to the Stockton Reservoir marina, while power lines failed but service was restored via alternate routes.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Blue Rapids
Kan
Manhattan
Stockton
Lawrence Martin
Marshall County
Stockton Reservoir
Southwest
West Shore
John QC. Nyblad
Kenneth B. Nyblad
Kansas City
Floyd Myers
Martha F. Green
Bobby Lee Green
Pierce City
Missouri 37
Kansas City Power & Light Co
Centerville
Ottawa
Wellses Announce Birth of Daughter Kandi Lea
Mr and Mrs Cecil Wells of Frankfort Germany announce the birth of a daughter on August 10 at 12 06 a.m. Weighing five pounds two ounces she is named Kandi Lea Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Cecil Wells and foster grandmother is Mrs Eileen Seckler all of Mexico
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Cecil Wells
Frankfort
Germany
Kandi Lea
Eileen Seckler
Mexico
Feed Accident Sets Folks Against Dairyman
Blaine Johnson, a Michigan dairy farmer, faces social and economic ruin after his cattle were found to have eaten contaminated feed containing a fire retardant. About 100 farmers are affected, with herds quarantined and milk barred. Neighbors threaten boycotts and courts delay disposal sites, while markets for crops and hay collapse. Johnson vows to endure despite suspicion and hardship.
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Hesperia, Mich
Blaine Johnson
Johnson
Newaygo County
Michigan
Michigan Farm Bureau Services
Adela
Girls Back From Final Camp Session at Camp Pin Oak
One Girl Scout from horseback unit and six from the regular unit of Girl Scouts in Mexico returned from the final camping session at Camp Pin Oak Lake of the Ozark State Park Heart of Missouri Girl Scout Council. Recipients include Laura Napier for horsewoman award and best unit camper, Sara Craddock for boatman, Krista Davenport and Sandra Sewell for cleanest cabin award, Susie Hodge for advanced beginners, Teresa Thomas for boatswain, and E Blair Wilson for midshipman after passing levels and swimming tests.
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Girl Scouts
Mexico
Camp Pin Oak
Lake of the Ozark State Park
Heart of
Sandra Sewell
N. Washington St
Susie Hodge
N. Jefferson St
Teresa Thomas
E. Meyer
E. Blair Wilson
E. Pleasant St
Building Maintenance Workshop At Vo-Tech
A building maintenance workshop at the Mexico Area Vocational-Technical School runs this Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. taught by Nolan Boone. It aims to prepare adults 16 and older for entry or upgrade in the field, covering cleaning floors water fountains rugs and restrooms. Sponsored by WIN and the Employment Security Division with the technical school, the course costs 10 dollars and enrollment is by calling 581-5684.
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Mexico Area
WIN
Employment Security Division
Mundt Dies Former SD Senator and Nixon Ally
Former Senator Karl E. Mundt of South Dakota died at 74 from a heart ailment at Georgetown University Hospital. A long-time Republican, Mundt served 34 years in Congress, was acting chair of the House Un American Activities Committee during the Alger Hiss hearings, and helped craft measures affecting Communist party registration. He also authored the legislation creating the Voice of America. Funeral services are planned in Madison, South Carolina.
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Washington
Karl E. Mundt
South Dakota
Richard M. Nixon
Mundt
Georgetown University Hospital
Madison
S.C
Congress
House
House Committee On UnAmerican
Alger Hiss
Nixon
California
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Maryland
State Department
Senate
Voice of America
Former Plumber To Go To Oxford For Study
Former White House aide known as a “plumber” David R. Young will study American foreign policy and conduct social studies research at Oxford University. A Queens College alumnus from 1961 to 1963, he was accepted for graduate studies, a spokesman said. Young, 36, pleaded innocent last fall to California burglary and conspiracy charges in the Ellsberg break in. the charges were dismissed in March.
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Oxford
England
White House
David R. Young
Oxford University
Young
Queens College
California
Ellsberg
Village Sale of Idria Fails to Draw Bids at Auction
In Los Angeles area reporting, an auction for Idria the near ghost town near Fresno failed to attract buyers. Real estate executive Milton J. Wershow opened bidding at 2 15 p m with no takers. The lone counteroffers did not reach the minimum, ending with a firm no sale. Idria once housed the country’s largest mercury mine and now has five residents on 3700 acres. Fifty five mining claims were included in the sale.
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Los Angeles
Idria
Fresno
Universal Hotel
Milton J. Wershow
Wershow
Idria Mining and Chemical Co
Tdria
Kissinger's Son Has Bar Mitzvah at Brandeis Chapel
Henry Kissinger attended his son David's bar mitzvah at the Berlin Chapel of Brandeis University in Waltham Massachusetts. Rabbi Albert Axelrad officiated the ceremony Sunday with about 20 friends and relatives present. The Kissinger family then returned to Washington. David, 13, spends most of the year with his mother Mrs Saul Cohen of Belmont.
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Waltham, Maas
Henry Kissinger
David
Congress Moves On Economy Monitoring
Congress moves to back President Ford with a White House monitoring agency to study wages prices productivity and shortages as inflation persists. House and Senate supporters see modest power and no wage price controls while cautioning limits. The bill advances likely to Ford for signature as economists note limited enforcement and broad debate.
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Washington
Congress
Ford
Nixon
White House
House
Senate
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Wright Patman
D-Tex
House Committee
Representatives of
Business and Labor
Andrew J. Biemiller
Afl-Cio
Biemiller
Labor
Commerce Department
U.S
Treasury Department
Workshop Aims At Elementary Learning Needs
Thirty three Mexico School district teachers join the Catch Em Early program to assess kindergarten and first grade learning needs. Under Lola Miller and a team, children undergo tests for memory coordination sight speech hearing and comprehension. Results go to parents at a fall conference to guide tailored instruction. The workshop runs through Wednesday led by Miller and Janis Fisher with Mildred Winter of the Missouri Department of Education speaking at the opening.
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Mexico
Lola Miller
Janis Fisher
Mildred Winter
Missouri State Department of Education
Bone Resumes Court Duties
Joseph M. Bone Jr, judge of Audrain County probate and magistrate courts, resumed duties today after a five and a half week illness absence. Judges O A Kamp of Montgomery City and Carroll Blackwell of Paris filled in during his absence.
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Joseph M. Bone Jr
Audrain County
0. A. Kamp
Montgomery City
Carroll Blackwell
Paris
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DEATH
Psi
Tony Ringo
Vo-Tech
Sen. Mundt
Sini
Maras
Lawrences
Lawrence Drug
Kissinger
Liberty
Butch & the Kid
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Alor By
DeLimat Ean Lly
Bone
ABCP
Cos Broadcasting
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Michael i
Pollard
Ed Paug Rac
Dirty Little
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Laddonia
Ball Park
Jaycee
Stan Hitchcock
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